She previously taught at Layfayette College in Pennsylvania and is the current Mordecai Richler writer-in-residence at McGill University in Montreal. She specializes in fiction, screenwriting, and environmental writing. "I look forward to working with the entire literary community there and building on the program's rich history", said Ohlin, as quoted in the press release. Además...

His parents say he died Monday afternoon. John McCain said in a statement . "There had not been any previous detainment in North Korea that has ended with such tragic finality", it said . Department of State warns against travel to North Korea . Warmbier was returned home last week in very bad shape. He had suffered significant brain damage during his imprisonment. Además...

Speaking alongside EU chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier as they arrived for talks at the European Commission , Mr Davis said he expected "challenging times ahead" in talks expected to stretch for around 16-18 months ahead of the UK's withdrawal from the EU in 2019. Además...

Previously, the monarch had released an unprecedented statement in which she said that the United Kingdom remained "resolute in the face of adversity", in reference to the terror attacks in Manchester and London , as well as the deadly fire. Además...

But the yearly rate of increase is slowing after rising by millions a year over the previous three years. 2016 marked the highest increase in the number of refugees after World War Second. The UN chief said it is "so inspiring to see countries with the least doing the most for refugees". Syria and South Sudan were far from the only countries where people were being uprooted en masse, with Mo... Además...

According to the statement, the Afghan authorities informed Islamabad that the investigation and the search for the diplomats were launched. In Kabul , Pakistan Embassy Press Counselor Akhtar Munir confirmed the incident and said the issue had been shared with Afghan officials in Nangarhar and Kabul. Además...

Prosecutor's spokeswoman Ine Van Wymersch said early Wednesday the man had been lying still since soldiers shot him on Tuesday night. Reuters, citing Belgian media are reporting that police have "neutralised" a person wearing an explosive belt. Además...

Earlier in June, an American F-15E downed an Iranian-made drone after it attacked American fighters in Syria. The U.S. military said its shootdown of the Syrian regime plane came after pro-regime forces attacked the SDF and drove them from a town needed to stage the fight for Raqqa . Además...

Russian Federation also warned that its air defense systems would begin tracking all US-led coalition aircraft in central Syria, prompting the Pentagon to move some of its planes. Australia said it would temporarily halt air operations over Syria after the plane was downed. UNICEF said in a statement Tuesday that the donation on World Refugee Day will help it along with host countries to prov... Además...

The men say they were subject to harsh condition and physical abuse in detention. But the Supreme Court said the former detainees are not able to hold top Bush administration officials personally liable for constitutional violations. And while he acknowledged some exceptions, "he said those exceptions do not apply in this case". The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday made a decision to review a ca... Además...

Kanter said his medical team has no direct contact with the hermit kingdom although they did send medical records, including imaging scans on a disk and blood test results. "I knelt down by his side, and I hugged him, and I told him I missed him and I was so glad that he made it home", Fred Warmbier said. On the same trip, he suggested an American missionary was at fault for his own imprison... Además...

It was shot down near Tanf, an outpost of the US-led coalition. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned that the incidents could be "very dangerous" and lead to an escalation of the war. Tensions have also flared between USA forces and the Syrian regime further north, where the coalition is supporting an alliance of Kurdish and Arab fighters battling to oust IS from the city of Raqa. Además...

He said that Pakistan was grateful to the R Russian Federation for supporting Pakistan's full membership in the SCO. According to Kazakhistan's news agency Kazinform, the leaders of the SCO will issue a joint statement on combating the worldwide terrorism during the summit. Además...

To put the numbers into context, in 2016 one person became displaced every three seconds. As the Syrian civil war rages on, desperately needed funding for humanitarian aid in the country has begun to dwindle, Grandi said, lamenting that very little of the billions promised at an worldwide donor's conference in Brussels in April had so far materialised. Además...

Australia is part of a US -led coalition that has been waging war against Islamic State militants in Syria and Iraq. Gayle Tzemach Lemmon, a senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, said Monday that the downing of the Syrian jet, together with Iran firing missiles into Syria over the weekend, marked "a dramatic escalation in a war the United States had not meant to fight". Además...